Softworn Rust Alley color palette — #FFE0E5 · #BC4243 · #7C2900 · #331B00 · #0E0700

A conversation between Brick and Rust, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE0E5): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Brick (#BC4243): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#7C2900): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Onyx (#331B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#0E0700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Rust Alley into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

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